EP0202014A3 - Improvements in video image creation systems - Google Patents

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EP0202014A3
EP0202014A3 EP86302544A EP86302544A EP0202014A3 EP 0202014 A3 EP0202014 A3 EP 0202014A3 EP 86302544 A EP86302544 A EP 86302544A EP 86302544 A EP86302544 A EP 86302544A EP 0202014 A3 EP0202014 A3 EP 0202014A3
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video image
image creation
creation systems
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Alan Lewis Stapleton
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Quantel Ltd
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    • G—PHYSICS
    • G09—EDUCATION; CRYPTOGRAPHY; DISPLAY; ADVERTISING; SEALS
    • G09G—ARRANGEMENTS OR CIRCUITS FOR CONTROL OF INDICATING DEVICES USING STATIC MEANS TO PRESENT VARIABLE INFORMATION
    • G09G5/00—Control arrangements or circuits for visual indicators common to cathode-ray tube indicators and other visual indicators
    • G09G5/36—Control arrangements or circuits for visual indicators common to cathode-ray tube indicators and other visual indicators characterised by the display of a graphic pattern, e.g. using an all-points-addressable [APA] memory
    • G09G5/39—Control of the bit-mapped memory
    • G09G5/391—Resolution modifying circuits, e.g. variable screen formats
EP86302544A 1985-04-13 1986-04-07 Improvements in video image creation systems Expired - Lifetime EP0202014B1 (en)

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GB8509536 1985-04-13
GB858509536A GB8509536D0 (en) 1985-04-13 1985-04-13 Video image creation systems
GB858513874A GB8513874D0 (en) 1985-06-01 1985-06-01 Video image creation systems
GB8513874 1985-06-01

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EP0202014A2 EP0202014A2 (en) 1986-11-20
EP0202014A3 true EP0202014A3 (en) 1990-03-14
EP0202014B1 EP0202014B1 (en) 1996-02-28

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EP (1) EP0202014B1 (en)
JP (1) JP2594424B2 (en)
DE (1) DE3650486T2 (en)

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DE3650486D1 (en) 1996-04-04
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